Archaeological Observations at Auntie's Tea Room, 1 St Mary's Passage, Cambridge.

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During March 2000, observations were carried out on groundworks within a small, enclosed yard to the rear of No. 1 St. Mary's Passage, Auntie's Teashop. The works consisted of the demolition and subsequent reinstatement of the single storey kitchen block, due to subsidence, and the incorporation of replacement drainage. Due to the sites central location within the medieval town and the results of previous work in the immediate surrounding area, a series of visits to observe the groundworks were required. The nature of the works that took place within the yard posed limited threat to any below ground archaeology due to the limited penetration below the existing ground surface. And the only deposits exposed were of a later 19th or 20th century relating to the construction of the earlier kitchen block. No archaeological features or finds were recorded from the drainage works and it is unlikely that there is surviving archaeology within these upper levels criss-crossed by the services.